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Introduction

Founded in late 1500s or early 1600s by Mungo Bonham
(fw), St. Mungo's Hospital is the primary (and likely only) wizarding
hospital in Britain. Located in an abandoned department
store in London, the hospital's Healers treat wizards for all
sorts of magic-related illnesses and injuries
(OP22), and in extreme circumstances has been known to treat Muggles
as well (HBP1). The hospital's logo is a wand and a bone,
crossed (OP29), and donations are welcome.

The entrance to St. Mungo's is concealed behind an abandoned red-brick
London department store called
Purge and Dowse, Ltd. on a Muggle street. Unlike,
say, the Leaky Cauldron, St. Mungo's is visible to passing Muggles, who merely believe
the sign on the front that the store is "Closed for Refurbishment." In the front window, a dummy dressed in outdated styles
serves as the gatekeeper; wizards wanting to enter do so by talking to the dummy, and then walking straight through the
window (OP22).

Inside, in a reception area filled with rickety wooden chairs and outdated issues of
Witch Weekly, visitors are greeted by the Welcome Witch,
though her demeanor (at least on busy days) is less than welcoming. This reception area seems to double as a visitors'
entrance and an emergency room waiting area, as it is often filled with wizards facing strange ailments, such as
hands sprouting out of their chests or steam pouring from their mouths, and Healers clad in uniform lime green robes
hurry busily through the room (OP22).

Beyond the reception area, St. Mungo's includes six floors:

Floor Guide

After suffering a snake bite in 1995 (OP21),
Arthur Weasley stayed in the "Dangerous" Dai Llewellyn Ward for Serious Bites.
This ward is small and dingy and has only one window, which lies opposite the door. It is mainly illuminated by shining
crystal bubbles clustered in the middle of the ceiling (OP22).
The ward is named for Dai Llewellyn, an extremely famous Quidditch
player who was eaten by a Chimaera
(QA7). It is unknown whether this incident was the one that led the ward
to be named for him, or whether there might be some other reason.

The staff in the "Dangerous" Dai Llewellyn ward includes
Hippocrates Smethwyck (Healer-in-Charge) and
Augustus Pye (Trainee Healer)
(OP22). Pye is interested in complementary medicine and attempted to help
Arthur by using stitches on his wounds, though of course they didn't work
(OP23). There were two other patients in the ward during this visit; one
was a wizard who had been bitten by a werewolf (who
Lupin talked to during the Christmas visit), and the other was a witch who wouldn't
reveal what she was handling when she sustained her injuries (OP22,
OP23).

Harry, Ron,
Hermione, and Ginny inadvertently visited
this floor on Christmas day, 1995, when they encountered Gilderoy Lockhart on
the stairs and accompanied him to the Janus Thickey Ward (a.k.a. ward 49),
where he was staying. There - in the long-term residents' ward - a motherly-looking Healer oversaw patients whose brains
had been permanently affected by magic. Other residents of this ward included
Broderick Bode and a witch named
Agnes, as well as - to the kids' surprise -
Frank and Alice Longbottom. During their visit, they ran into
Neville and his grandmother,
visiting Neville's parents, and learned for the first time what had happened to them
(OP23).

Cattermole, Reg (?)
Given a Puking Pastille, but not its remedy, by
Hermione in 1997. She recommended he go to St. Mungo's though it's uncertain
whether he actually did (DH12). Regardless, he was back at work a couple
of hours later (DH13).

Woman who received a bite, but wouldn't tell the Healers what bit her; she also shared a room with Mr. Weasley
(OP22)

Witch with "a satsuma jammed up her left nostril" from a family Christmas argument
(OP23)

Five wizards involved in a broom accident
A witch and four warlocks, all late to a Celestina Warbeck
concert in Liverpool, crashed over the
Mersey River and fell into the water. Their condition at
the hospital was described as "wet" (DP)

Hit-Witches and Hit-Wizards from the Ministry of Magic
Each member of this squad gets his or her own regular bed at St. Mungo's
(DP)

Wizard with his head on back-to-front
In the hospital as the result of a Hallowe'en prank, and forced to stay there for many months, perhaps longer
(DP)

Donors to St. Mungo's Hospital

Potter, Harry
In stark contrast to Lucius Malfoy's donation, Harry also donated a significant amount of money - well over ten Galleons,
at least - by dumping his money anonymously into the Fountain of Magical Brethren at the
Ministry of Magic, the proceeds from which were donated to the hospital
(OP7, OP9)